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1958: Jerry Lee Lewis causes uproar when he arrives in Britain with his teenage wife

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It happened today – this day in history – May 22

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334BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia at the Battle of the Granicus. 1176:

It happened today – this day in history – July 20

20/07/202019/07/2020 Mick Ferris Alexander the Great, Apollo 11, Bandaranaike, Beatles, Bruce Lee, Dr David Kelly, Elvis, history, Hyde Park, July 20, Mike Tyson, Pancho Villa, Regents Park, Sinatra, Vaclav Havel, Zatopek

356BC: Alexander the Great is born in Macedonia. 1304: Edward I of England takes Stirling Castle, the last rebel stronghold